Rights of Nature: The Legal Geographies and Political Ecologies of Intermittent Rivers in Sri Lanka

间歇性河流是全球最常见的河流类型。它们只在一年中的部分时间流动，而且由于气候变化，随着永久性河流变得断断续续，它们的数量预计会增加。尽管它们具有共性，但它们经常被社区、保护法和水治理所忽视。本研究的重点是新兴的冲突之间的权利的IR和人权的后，这种方法将自然实体作为权利持有人。它承认河流不仅仅是人类的财产，而且经常是在生态危机的背景下提出的，在这种情况下，更传统的法律和法规已被证明不足以保护河流的质量和数量。它也与许多土著和非西方的世界观保持一致。该项目将把卡纳加拉扬阿鲁河作为其案例研究，这是斯里兰卡北部最长和最大的间歇性河流流域。经过26年的战争，政治和经济危机仍在持续，整个国家，特别是北部社区，在社会和环境正义方面面临严峻挑战，但至今没有任何系统或全面的水恢复或发展方案，也没有任何现代水治理、发展压力以及法律的和政治竞争的迹象。它将为以下方面的新知识体系做出贡献：（1）自然权利;（2）独立国家的水治理;（3）冲突后环境治理。

Intermittent rivers (IRs) are the most common type of rivers globally. They flow only during parts of the year and their numb ers areprojected to increase, as permanent rivers become intermittent, due to climate change. Despite their commonness, they are o ftenneglected by communities, conservation laws and water governance. This research focuses on emerging conflicts between rightsof IRs and human water rights in post-This approach treats natural entities as rights holders. It acknowledges that rivers are not just human property and is often proposedin the context of ecological crises, where more conventional laws and regulations have proved insufficient to protect a rquality and quantity. It also aligns well with many indigenous and non -Western worldviews.The project will focus on the Kanagarayan Aru River as its case study, the longest and largest intermittent river basin in NorthernSri Lanka. Following a 26-year war, and with an ongoing political and economic crisis, the country in general, and communities ofthe North in particular, face severe challenges with regards to social and environmental justice, yet there has not been anysystematic or holistic water rehabilitation or development programme.dmodern water governance, development pressures, and legal and political contests. It will contribute to the emerging body ofknowledge on (1) Rights of Nature; (2) water governance of IRs; (3) post-conflict environmental governance.